INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis Colts general manager Ryan Grigson said Tuesday that the health status of injured running back Vick Ballard and guard Donald Thomas is impacting their roster status.
Ballard, the team's leading rusher in 2012, just recently returned to practice after missing about a week with a hamstring injury. He's also missed all but one game in the past two seasons with Achilles and ACL injuries. Thomas, who is on the physically unable to perform list, hasn't practiced in more than a year. He's only played two games the past two seasons because of a torn quad and bicep.
“It’s tough," Grigson said. "There is no other way to slice it. We have to be able to at some point be able to compare them to other people at their position group and the only way to do that is by playing football, by practicing and being out there and competing. It’s a tough spot for any of these guys. I think and I feel for them. I have been there before. It’s no fun to not be out there. They also have to be 100 percent healthy, otherwise it makes no sense throwing them out there to get re-injured.”
